Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid1 , and in particular Article 2, Article 4 and Article 15(2) and (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision')2 , and in particular Article 79 thereof,

On Monday 16 October 2017 the Council adopted the EU Annual Report on Human Rights And Democracy in the World in 2016.

2016 was a challenging year for human rights and democracy, with a shrinking space for civil society and complex humanitarian and political crises emerging. In this context, the European Union showed leadership and remained strongly committed to promote and protect human rights and democracy across the world.

Programme purpose: To increase the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) capacity to assist
national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to reduce the number of deaths,
injuries and impact from disasters through the provision of timely and
adequate financial support for disaster response from the DREF.

Programme Summary:

The DREF made a total of 108 allocations
in 2009 to support National Society response to 96 different disasters,
disbursing a total of 17,469,048 Swiss …

The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org